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Rice is life
Writer: Rojana Manowalailao, ASEAN Sustainable Agrifood Systems A story of the real heroes To Vietnamese rice farmers, life depends on rice. Good harvest means good income. It means money to buy seeds to sow again and education for their children. Ms. Nguyen Thi My Trang in Dong Thap Province is one of the rice farmers …
Want farmers to cut chemical pesticides? Get consumers to eat organic!
Writer: Rojana Manowalailao, ASEAN Sustainable Agrifood Systems Farmers will use fewer chemicals when consumers demand safer produces, says a senior officer of Indonesia. Farmers in Indonesia cannot live without chemical pesticides and fertilisers, Sri Wijayanti Yusuf from Ministry of Agriculture shares with ASEAN Sustainable Agrfood Systems during its recent Steering Committee Meeting in Thailand. “In …
Thailand: Supporting small rice farms and protecting the environment
Mrs. Lumpai Na-ngam has been a rice farmer all her life. Together with her family, she lives in the Ubon Ratchathani province in north-eastern Thailand, where rice production is often the only source of income for many families. However, in recent years, the rice harvest has been subject to lower yields and disease outbreaks. Furthermore, …
Draft Roadmaps for Good Agricultural Practices and Organic Standard developed in Myanmar
Draft Roadmaps for the national Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) and organic standards were developed in Myanmar on 4-5 July and 6-7 July 2017, respectively. In cooperation with the Department of Agriculture, Myanmar, the two workshops were organized at Central Agriculture Research and Training Center (CARTC), Bago Division, Myanmar and facilitated by Standards in the Southeast …
Sentinel-1 speeds up crop insurance payouts
17 August 2017 For the first time in India, a state government is using satellites to assess lost crops so that farmers can benefit from speedy insurance payouts. The southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu is home to around 68 million people, of which almost a million are rice farmers. However, Tamil Nadu is facing …
Call for Submissions: Youth and Agroecology Short Film Competition
Do you care about sustainable farming, the environment, and agroecology? Do you believe that youth are part of the solution and can lead an agricultural revolution that is much needed in the Mekong region? Feeling creative? Find a story, do your research, gather your team, grab your camera, and get to work on your short …
Mr. and Mrs. Potatoes in Cambodia as the new cash crop
Writer: Agriculture and Food Cluster Team Potato production field trial contributes to food diversification while offering a “new” cash crop to Cambodian farmers Potato and Cambodia may not seem to match when it comes to food. But, when searching into internet, potato and Cambodia cuisine walks hands in hands in a popular Khmer red curry, …
Sustainable rice cultivation project in Viet Nam introduces integrated pest management to the young agriculture generation
Writer: Rojana Manowalailao, ASEAN Sustainable Agrifood Systems Over 400 students and technicians from three provinces in the Mekong Delta recently participated in the Information Days of the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) sub project under Better Rice Initiative Asia (BRIA) to tackle issues of inappropriate use of chemicals in the country. The participants, whose 30 per …